al institutions. They warn that the country would be thrown into the hands of myriad tribal militias t... .1 million in 1995). The most numerous sub-groups being the Durrani and the Ghilzai. Like a number of other Afghan ethnic groups, the Pushtun extend beyond Afghanistan into Pakistan where they constitu... heartland roughly covers a large crescent-shaped belt following the Afghan-Pakistani border on the ea
ound guilty of theft.
Men were required to grow beards and women had to wear the all-covering burka.... to school.
The Taliban in Afghanistan are still believed to be led by Mullah Omar, a village clergyman who lost his right eye fighting the occupying for
